On the weekend I finally sat down and went through my stash...that was a bit of an overwhelming experience. There are a lot of potential projects in there, one more enticing than the other. While going through I came across a packet of some 20 fat quarters (blenders in all sorts of colours). I got this some years ago when I renewed my subscription to one of the quilting magazines. No idea what I was saving them for. I now decided to use them for the continuation of our Quilt Alongs with Leah Day...initially I thought I would prepare some squares, practice new designs on them and then sew them together using the QAYG method, however I have now decided to actually make a quilt top similar to Leah Day's Batik quilt...mine will just be a smaller version of blender squares with some sashing and a border, so all I have to do for the Quilt Alongs is to get that out and practice the design on it. While the QAYG method is a good option, knowing myself it will sit there for another couple of years. This way I should have a quilt top finished by the end of the Quilt Alongs.
I have now started my 'An Arrangement of Small Pieces' project. Here are the first three blocks...decided after all to stick to one colour per block.
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| An Arrangement of Small Pieces |
The blocks come together quickly and I will be able to chain-piece 3 - 4 at a time, so this now looks all very manageable and should be reasonably quick (already have another design in mind which I am quite excited about).
Then tried some Zippling...I did not think that I would like the design that much as I have tried something similar before and my brain just could not handle the straight lines. Well, this time it went very smoothly. While I did not have particular shapes in mind, I just zig-zagged along and it turned out quite well and I actually found it easier to interlock than the Sharp Stippling. Fun design to play with.
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| Zippling |
Karin
Hi Karin,
ReplyDeleteYour quilt blocks look awesome.
Your Zippling actually came out really nice. I felt the same, I like the more curvy designs than the straight lines. But you never know when this could be nice design for a little boy's quilt
Happy Quilting!
Malini
Yes, thanks...probably came out good because I was not trying very hard to get it right and just was playing around. Would be nice if I could approach an actual quilt like that
DeleteOooooo- you're zippling looks absolutely fabulous!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment...yes, liked the design but not sure whether I could actually reproduce this on a quilt. Find stippling a bit easier to get around those tricky spots one gets into.
DeleteNice! I like the look.
ReplyDeleteThanks...yes, the design is quite nice.
DeleteThey sent you 20 fat quarters for renewing a magazine - sounds like a good deal! Your Arrangement of Small Pieces project looks very nice - and your zippling looks great!
ReplyDeleteYes, can't remember the deal, it's a while ago...at the moment they are throwing in queen size wadding for a 20 issue subcription. I am a real sucker for this (when in effect, you are partly paying for this). However, the wadding comes all packaged and cleaner to what I buy in the shop.
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